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Sabrina Fair
Sabrina Fair (1953), a comedy by Samuel Taylor. [National Theatre, 318 perf.] The Larrabees are extremely rich Long Islanders with two eligible sons, the wayward David ( Scott McKay) and the misanthropic Linus Jr. ( Joseph Cotten). They also have a chauffeur, Fairchild ( Russell Collins), whose brilliant daughter, Sabrina ( Margaret Sullavan), has just returned from a stint in Paris. David and several other local boys court her, but she recalls that as a child it was Linus Jr. whom she loved. Linus seems unreceptive, but he has not bargained on Sabrina's charm and insinuating ways. Whether he wins her or she wins him is moot. To add icing to the cake, Linus Sr. ( John Cromwell) discovers that Fairchild has been quietly playing the stock market and is a very rich man in his own right. Brooks Atkinson welcomed the Playwrights' Company production as one written “with taste and good humor about agreeable people.”
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Sabrina Fair." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Sabrina Fair." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-SabrinaFair.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Sabrina Fair." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-SabrinaFair.html |
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David Grandison Fairchild
David Grandison Fairchild 1869–1954, American botanist and agricultural explorer, b. East Lansing, Mich. He entered the service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, where he organized (1895) and later (1906–28) was in charge of a division of plant exploration and introduction now part of the Bureau of Plant Industry. He had charge also of the foreign research expeditions, in many of which he participated. Fairchild wrote Exploring for Plants, 1925–27 (1930) and The World Grows Round My Door (1947). |
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"David Grandison Fairchild." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "David Grandison Fairchild." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FairchilD.html "David Grandison Fairchild." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FairchilD.html |
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